Definition
- A people, tribe, nation, and ethnicity (all terms that have been used interchangeably, depending on the time period and context).
- Not a religious group; Jewish practices are an ethnoreligion, meaning a closed practice specific to only one group of people.
Summary & Relevance
Who are the Jews? Shockingly, most people get this dead wrong and think “Jewish” denotes a religious group. This is a modern idea and was imposed on Jews to try to force us to assimilate in Europe. The Jews are a people, nation, tribe, and ethnicity. Let’s break it down.
Sources & Further Reading
- rootsmetals.com/blogs/news/everyone-talks-about-jews-no-one-knows-who-the-f-we-are
- doingjewish.blog/2023/12/19/the-antisemitic-alphabet-from-a-z-a-is-for/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_is_a_Jew%3F
- instagram.com/p/C7pbQN3SHsA/?img_index=2
- worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/jewish-population-by-country
- pewresearch.org/religion/2015/04/02/religious-projections-2010-2050/